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Asset: 2004_07_02_03_10.tif
Species: Centropyge loricula (Günther, 1874)
Common: Flame angelfish, Paraharaha (Tahiti)
Syn.: Holacanthus loriculus Günther, 1874; Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874); Centropyge fl...
Range: Pacific Ocean: mainly in tropical waters.
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found in clear lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of 57 m. Secretive ...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2004_07_02_03_11.tif
Species: Centropyge loricula (Günther, 1874)
Common: Flame angelfish, Paraharaha (Tahiti)
Syn.: Holacanthus loriculus Günther, 1874; Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874); Centropyge fl...
Range: Pacific Ocean: mainly in tropical waters.
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found in clear lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of 57 m. Secretive ...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2004_07_02_03_13.tif
Species: Centropyge loricula (Günther, 1874)
Common: Flame angelfish, Paraharaha (Tahiti)
Syn.: Holacanthus loriculus Günther, 1874; Centropyge loriculus (Günther, 1874); Centropyge fl...
Range: Pacific Ocean: mainly in tropical waters.
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found in clear lagoon and seaward reefs from the lower surge zone to a depth of 57 m. Secretive ...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 1998_07_00_02_13.tif
Species: Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: Queen Angelfish on reef
Syn.: Chaetodon ciliaris Linnaeus, 1758; Chaetodon squamulosus Shaw & Nodder, 1796; Holacanthus corn...
Range: Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Also Caribbean, including Antilles and ...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found on coral reefs. Generally occurs solitarily or in pairs. Moves gracefully between seafans,...
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_13a.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_14.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_14a.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_15.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_09.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_09a.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_10.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_11.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_12.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1200_01_03_10_13.tif
Species: Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
Common: King angelfish, Passer angelfish, Pez bandera (Galapagos Is.), Angel real (Mexico), Ángel re...
Syn.: none
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California to Peru, including the Galapagos Islands. [freediving at Gardner...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Diurnal grazer on sessile invertebrates and algae but specializes to a larger extent on sponges....
KW: marine fish, aquatic, underwater Galapagos marine life,
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Asset: 1998_07_00_04_01.tif
Species: Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795)
Common: Rock beauty angelfish
Syn.: Chaetodon tricolor Bloch, 1795
Range: Western Atlantic: from Georgia (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Inhabits rock jetties, rocky reefs and rich coral areas. Juveniles often associated with fire c...
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3810.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F.
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3812.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3813.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F.
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3814.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3815.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F
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Asset: 2003_05_03_JD_3816.TIF
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor angelfish, Imperial angelfish
Syn.: n/a
Range: Indo-Pacific Islands, South Pacific
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F
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Asset: 1999_09_03_02_02.tif
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor Anglefish
Syn.:
Range: Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji
Tax.:
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Asset: 1999_09_03_02_03.tif
Species: Pomacanthus imperator
Common: Emperor Anglefish
Syn.:
Range: Beqa Lagoon, Viti Levu, Fiji
Tax.:
Note:
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Asset: 1998_07_01_02_10.tif
Species: Pomacanthus paru (Bloch, 1787)
Common: French Angelfish, Chivirica francesa (Cuba), Cachama negra
Syn.: Chaetodon paru Bloch, 1787; Pomacanthus aureus (non Bloch, 1787)
Range: Western Atlantic: Florida, USA and Bahamas to Brazil. Also Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean, including A...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. May cause ciguatera poisoning if eaten. Black, the scales of the body , except those at front fro...
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Asset: 2004_07_02_03_14.tif
Species: Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853)
Common: Blue-faced angelfish, Bluefaced angelfish, Yellowface angelfish
Syn.: Euxiphipops xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853); Holacanthus xanthometopon Bleeker, 1853
Range: Indo-Pacific: Maldives to Vanuatu, north to the Yaeyama Islands; Palau and Krosae in Micronesia
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found in coral rich areas of lagoons, channels, and outer reef slopes. Often near caves (Ref. 97...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2004_07_02_03_16.tif
Species: Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853)
Common: Blue-faced angelfish, Bluefaced angelfish, Yellowface angelfish
Syn.: Euxiphipops xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853); Holacanthus xanthometopon Bleeker, 1853
Range: Indo-Pacific: Maldives to Vanuatu, north to the Yaeyama Islands; Palau and Krosae in Micronesia
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. Found in coral rich areas of lagoons, channels, and outer reef slopes. Often near caves (Ref. 97...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2004_07_02_04_07.tif
Species: Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862)
Common: Cortez angelfish, Ángel de Cortés (Mexico), Isabelita (Nicaragua)
Syn.: Pomacanthodes zonipectus Gill, 1862
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Puerto Peñasco) and north of Bahía Magdalena (Bah...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. A diurnal feeder or substrate feeder. Primary food item are sponges supplemented by tunicates, a...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2004_07_02_04_08.tif
Species: Pomacanthus zonipectus (Gill, 1862)
Common: Cortez angelfish, Ángel de Cortés (Mexico), Isabelita (Nicaragua)
Syn.: Pomacanthodes zonipectus Gill, 1862
Range: Eastern Pacific: Gulf of California (Puerto Peñasco) and north of Bahía Magdalena (Bah...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: F. A diurnal feeder or substrate feeder. Primary food item are sponges supplemented by tunicates, a...
KW: marine fish, common popular aquarium fish
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Asset: 2002_12_20_JD_8510.TIF
Species: Pomachanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: Gray Angelfish, Cachama blanca (Spanish), Paru (Brazil)
Syn.: Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus, 1758; Chaetodon aureus Bloch, 1787; Chaetodon lutescens Bonnaterre, ...
Range: Western Atlantic: New England, USA to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also Bahamas, Gulf of ...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: G. Pale gray around mouth, and pale gray margin on caudal fin. Inside of pectoral fin yellow. Juv...
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Asset: 2002_12_20_JD_8478.TIF
Species: Pomachanthus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: Gray Angelfish, Cachama blanca (Spanish), Paru (Brazil)
Syn.: Chaetodon arcuatus Linnaeus, 1758; Chaetodon aureus Bloch, 1787; Chaetodon lutescens Bonnaterre, ...
Range: Western Atlantic: New England, USA to the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also Bahamas, Gulf of ...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: G. Pale gray around mouth, and pale gray margin on caudal fin. Inside of pectoral fin yellow. Juv...
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Asset: 1998_10_01_05_07.tif
Species: Pygoplites diacanthus
Common: Regal angelfish
Syn.: Holacanthus diacanthus, Chaetodon diacanthus
Range: Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamotu Islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands,...
Tax.: Pomacanthidae (Angelfishes)
Note: Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order: Perciformes (perch-like fish)
Family: Pom...
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